diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4581ef2e..fcafeae8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@
 *.exe
 *.out
 *.app
+
+build
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d72e91ff..8442850b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,25 @@ project(iguana)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -pthread -std=c++14")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_LINK_EXECUTABLE "${CMAKE_CXX_LINK_EXECUTABLE} -ldl")
+set(IGUANA_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
-set(SOURCE_FILES
-        example.cpp
-        )
-add_executable(iguana ${SOURCE_FILES})
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+include_directories(
+	${IGUANA_DIR}
+	${IGUANA_DIR}/third_party/msgpack/include
+)
+
+set(JSON_EXAMPLE
+	example/json_example.cpp
+)
+
+set(XML_EXAMPLE
+	example/xml_example.cpp
+)
+
+set(MSGPACK_EXAMPLE
+	example/msgpack_example.cpp
+)
+		
+add_executable(json_example 	${JSON_EXAMPLE})
+add_executable(xml_example 		${XML_EXAMPLE})
+add_executable(msgpack_example 	${MSGPACK_EXAMPLE})
diff --git a/example/json_example.cpp b/example/json_example.cpp
index e69de29b..c45315a0 100644
--- a/example/json_example.cpp
+++ b/example/json_example.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#include <iguana/json.hpp>
+
+namespace client
+{
+	struct person
+	{
+		std::string	name;
+		int		    age;
+	};
+
+	REFLECTION(person, name, age);
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	client::person p = { "zombie chow", 31 };
+
+	iguana::string_stream ss;
+	iguana::json::to_json(ss, p);
+
+	auto json_str = ss.str();
+	std::cout << json_str << std::endl;
+
+	client::person p2;
+	iguana::json::from_json(p2, json_str.data(), json_str.length());
+
+	std::cout << p2.name << " - " << p2.age << std::endl;
+	return 0;
+}
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